Taking a bite out of the best British Columbia has to offer is at the core of a delectable evening at Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus in Nelson. Showcasing the best province-wide ingredients through original dishes and outstanding service, students in the School of Hospitality & Tourism are presenting the Best of BC on March […]

Keep a healthy lifestyle to support brain health: It’s a message the Alzheimer Society of B.C. is sharing with Kootenay residents and others around the province to mark Brain Awareness Week March 11-17. The charity is encouraging people across the province to get active and help lower the risk of developing dementia by making healthy […]

New landscape paintings are on display by Nelson artist Abby Wilson. Her feature piece “Valhalla Traverse” is a triptych (three connecting panels) that links popular hiking trails from Valhalla Provincial Park into a panoramic scene. It practically glows off the walls with sunset infused light. Other paintings capture the Kootenay and Rocky mountains with stylized […]

A late jolt of wintry weather did not slow down participants at the 2024 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics BC (SOBC) at Rotary Lakeside Park Beach on Sunday. The “Get Bold and Cold” event is a polar plunge into Kootenay Lake that supports Special Olympics in Nelson. “We had a very good turn out this […]

Truthfully, Taghum Hall is always celebrating, but March and April are no exception, with a market, workshop, concert and a casting call. Budding thespians aged 5 to 14 are invited to turn up Thursday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m. for a casting call for the annual Earth Day play. Kids learn about acting, singing, and […]

The shiitake mushrooms taste earthy. The lion’s mane mushrooms grow long, white, dripping spines. The chestnut mushrooms boast golden caps and slender stems. These are just a few of the mushroom varieties grown by Mr. Mercy’s Mushrooms in Kaslo. It’s very hands-on work—during a short growing season—to harvest these delicacies so that people in the […]

Preparations for ArtWalk 2024 have commenced. Applications for artists and venues are now open. The Nelson & District Arts Council (NDAC) hopes to make the 36th annual ArtWalk another boom for artists and art lovers alike; 2023 was an overwhelming success, with over 40 artists participating at 23 venues around town. NDAC is asking business […]

The West Kootenay Transit Action group is hosting a Zoom webinar on the benefits of a major BC investment in public transit.  Economist Marc Lee from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC office will lay out the plan to make public transit affordable, accessible, inclusive, carbon-zero and a great experience for users.  Nelson City […]

Kids are vaping in classrooms. Dealers are directly messaging teens on Instagram and Snapchat. Cannabis is legal, with psychedelics soon to follow. The constant, 24-hour deluge of content pushing the normalcy of drugs, alcohol, and vaping on social media, TV, movies, ads, influencers, etc., is preying on our youth. The substance use culture has never […]

Flipping through a magazine remains a favourite pastime for folks who frequent the Nelson Public Library, evidenced by the popularity of the Library’s collection of 80 different magazine titles, from Adbusters to Zoomer. March is Magazine Subscription Drive month, a chance for individuals, organization, and businesses to get behind the initiative—and, potentially, get their name […]